A British historical biographical film, adapted from the novel of the same name by John Preston. It took place when the Second World War was about to break out. Basil Brown, an astronomy and archeologist expert, was invited by Edith Pretty to excavate this land at the manor and bought it with his former husband. In this area, Basil discovered the Anglo-Saxon ship coffins, and also the seventh-century royal cemetery of Sutton Hoo. The historical data behind the film is amazing, allowing British archaeologists to come to amazing conclusions, and the focus of the film’s story is Put it on the role behind the scenes.
The exciting performances of Kerry Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes saw the vicissitudes of life in the eyes, and the other supporting roles, especially Lily James and Johnny Flynn, performed in a limited time. It doesn’t feel very good. The screenplay adapted by the screenwriter and the director Simon Stone did a good job of editing the scenes. Although some of the latter parts are a little broken, some of the clips seem to be the current timeline, but they are actually memories not long ago. What happened, such as the editing of the last week.
A thoughtful, meticulously excavated film. The first half revolves around the relationship between Basil Brown and Edith Pretty and her son Robert, discussing the characters’ past experiences, history, and the time before the war, and the second half is a group drama. The main character is Edith. Peggy and Rory's love affair is added, but it is not very important. I hope that the narrative will focus on Basil, and the main thing is to look at the time to discuss death and the future.
The whole film is mainly in the land of Sutton Hoo. These fragmentary historical objects are excavated. The exciting archeological process. The meaning of time lies in being able to connect with the past through excavation and interweaving with the future through what is happening now, whether it is the coming of war. Or Basil’s archaeology is about to be forced to stop, and the future is obviously Robert, the beard of the Vikings and astronauts, the observations of the astronomical telescope, and the worry that his mother’s stomach will die if his stomach is hot.
Basil was not recognized by those experts during his lifetime. Just as it was said at the time that “time has lost its meaning”, the people at the British Museum did not mention his name. Even if he was right, Charles Phillips would take credit for it. To himself, in time for such a clear working-class division, Edith behaved more friendly, and Peggy's complicated emotional drama, bad marriage portrayal abrupt, instead the first half described Edith's life change due to his father is more important.
No matter how cruel the war is, these people are digging up great history and precious treasures at this moment. While we are exploring the past, we are also becoming the past. What happens now, in the invisible future, people will come. Excavating their archaeological history, the photos taken by Rory recorded all this, Basil Brown received the recognition it deserves.
From the first human handprint on a cave wall… we're part of something continuous. Space is a funny thing. Time operates quite differently up there, and 500 years can pass in a flash.
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